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Q7: What are some additional useful to know baseball card collecting terms ?

(part 3)High Numbers - vintage cards were issued in the ‘50s-‘70s in a series. During the
baseball season, the largest number of cards were made. As the schedule
progressed into September, when there would be less interest in baseball cards
, Topps for one, specifically decreased production and hence much less product
was available. As a result, a scarcity-factor was created and a premium holds
for these first type of "short-printed" cards.

Inserts - special randomly-inserted cards which are not part of the regular set.
Many modern inserts are sequentially-numbered and rarer than the card sets into which they are inserted.

O-Pee-Chee / OPC - a subsidiary of Topps, this card issue was produced specifically for distribution
in Canada.

Promotional Card - generally referred to as cards issued to show what the product
will look like on release and intended to help spur future sales. Often called
a "promo" card.

Reprint - cards issued to reproduce the originals. With the current trend of
vintage reprints, the new versions have a distinguishing characteristic
evidenced by numbering.

Restored - a card or piece of memorabilia which someone has tried to return to a
"like-new" condition. A restored card is considered to be of very little
value.

Rookie Card - any league-licensed, widely distributed card to feature a player in
his first year of trading cards.

Series - a group of cards within an issue deliberately split up by the manufacturer
to distribute at different times of the year. (i.e.- vintage 1st series cards 1-100 were released in April and 2nd series cards 101-200 were released in July, etc.).

Short Print (SP) - a card printed to a lesser quantity than other cards in a set. Many
recent short prints are also individually & serially-numbered.

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

1967 Topps WHO AM I ?

NM/MINT to MINT COMPLETE 1976 Crane Potato Chip Football Discs Set.

It's easy to see why the 1967 Topps "Who Am I? set is a favorite of both sports and non-
sport collectors. The set's 44 cards feature mostly important figures from world history
but what makes this set even more popular was the inclusion of 4 of baseball's most
popular players: Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Sandy Koufax !!!

The players picture on the front is covered with a scratch-off disguise with silly,
exaggerated features like hair, moustaches, hats, noses... and clues to help kids identify
the famous person pictured. The backs contained additional clues and instructions to
"Scratch off disguise on front to discover Who I Am. Use a coin or fingernail."

Cards with their scratch-off coating intact are worth many, many times cards with the
coatings removed. For example, NM/MINT Babe Ruth with the coating is in the $200-$400
range while a NM/MINT Ruth with the coating removed is closer to $25.

1969 Topps Stamps

This was Topps 3rd stamp issue in the last eight years and it was a good one !!!
The stamps were not inserts but a totally separate issue .
For a nickel you got a strip of twelve stamps plus a mini album.
The 1969 Topps Stamps complete set contains 240 stamps. The 1 x 1-7/16 inch
stamps were unnumbered and featured a color photo with the player's name,
team and position inside a colored banner at the bottom of the stamp.
The stamps were released in both vertical and horizontal strips of 12
stamps. The 1969 Topps Stamps are often confused with Topps' 1974
issue. The 1974 Topps Stamps have ovals rather than banners at the bottom
and were released only in 12-stamp horizontal panels.

Along with the stamps, Topps also issued a set of 24 albums, one per team,
to store them in. The 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" orange albums were the same size
as a baseball card and held a complete 10-stamp team set.
To add even more collecting fun, the album's back cover had
facsimile autographs of the ten players shown in the album.

The 1969 Topps Stamps set is packed with stars like Pete Rose along with
tons of Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente
& many, many more !!!